BILL NUMBER: AB 968	CHAPTERED  09/01/99

	CHAPTER   285
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   AUGUST 31, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 19, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 16, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   JULY 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ducheny
   (Principal coauthor:  Assembly Member Scott)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act to add Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 89440) to Part
55 of the Education Code, relating to the California State
University.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 968, Ducheny.  California State University:  Program for
Education and Research in Biotechnology.
   Existing law establishes the California State University and
authorizes the operation of its various campuses under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University.
   This bill would express legislative findings and declarations
regarding the California State University Program for Education and
Research in Biotechnology.  The bill would express legislative intent
to provide additional state funding, if state revenues allow, to the
program at a level that will maintain and enhance its role in the
preparation of the work force in this industry.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 89440) is added to
Part 55 of the Education Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 4.7.  CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR EDUCATION
AND RESEARCH BIOTECHNOLOGY

   89440.  (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) The biotechnology industry in California is a rapidly growing
industry that will be a critical factor in the state's economic
success in the new millennium.
   (2) The California State University plays a significant role in
the production and maintenance of the work force for this rapidly
growing industry.
   (3) The California State University Program for Education and
Research in Biotechnology (program) was created in 1987 to provide a
coordinated and amplified development of biotechnology research and
education within the California State University, to foster
competitiveness in the industry on both the state and national
levels, to facilitate training of a sufficient number of
biotechnology technicians and scientists, to catalyze technology
transfer and enhance intellectual property protection, and to
facilitate the acquisition and long-term maintenance of
state-of-the-art biotechnology resource facilities.
   (4) The program facilitates interdisciplinary cooperative
activities between the biology and chemistry departments on all
California State University campuses and between faculty and a number
of allied academic and research units, including bioengineering,
agricultural biotechnology, environmental and natural resources,
molecular ecology, and marine biotechnology.
   (5) The program conducts a number of activities, including a
competitive applied research and education grants program, the
upgrade of biotechnology instructional and research equipment, the
development of specialized training facilities, and involvement in
secondary educator in-service and preservice biotechnological
training.
   (6) The program serves as the official liaison among the
California State University and industry, government, the
Congressional Biotechnology Caucus, and the public arena in
biotechnological matters.
   (7) One million dollars ($1,000,000) was appropriated for this
program in the Budget Act of 1999.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide additional
state funding, if state revenues allow, to the California State
University to maintain the California State University Program for
Education and Research in Biotechnology at a level that will maintain
and enhance its role in the preparation of the work force in this
critical industry.
